Steve Lichtenstein

Devils Season Preview (Part II): Predictions! The aggregate pundit consensus has the Devils returning to the playoffs for the third time in four seasons.

Broke out my crystal ball for the 2025-26 #NJDevils in new post--Link:
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Latest Jets Embarrassment Is Not A New Low…Because It’s Not New As the Jets were stumbling and fumbling their way to 0-5 via an embarrassing 37-22 thrashing at home to injury depleted Dallas, the fan base on social media got to wondering if this iteration has reac...

Comparing #Jets lows is like differentiating between cow and horse manure. They all stink. New post on why it's time to break out the dreaded "T" word. Link:
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Three Nets’ First Impressions NBA preseason games sometimes feature the absurd.

Not much can be gleaned by watching #NBA exhibitions, especially when the opponent is an overmatched international team. But first impressions for the new-look #Nets only come around once. Link:
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Devils Season Preview: Did They (Finally) Get The Formula Right? Every pro sports team’s winning window eventually closes, and while it would be incorrect to assume that time is running short on a Devils squad with so many of its top young players locked up for len...

It’s Fitzgerald’s job to conjure the correct formula, weighing balance and fit while maintaining a budget. At some point, you would think he has to show #NJDevils ownership he knows the way to get to the promised land. Link:
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Cashman’s Foresight (And Luck) On Pitching Saved Yankees’ Season These words are hard from me to type, but here goes: Brian Cashman saved the Yankees’ season.

These words are hard from me to type, but here goes: Brian Cashman saved the #Yankees’ season. Maybe not entirely by design. Link:
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What Happened To Jets Culture Of Accountability? A few days after the Jets’ heartbreaking Week 1 defeat to Pittsburgh, Head Coach Aaron Glenn announced that the team had cut wide receiver Xavier Gipson, whose fourth quarter fumble on a kick return s...

This can't be Glenn's vision. As #Jets losses pile up, where did that promise of accountability go? Link:
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Typical Jets’ Miscues Lead To Lost Game--And Season J-E-T-S, Just End The Season!

Nothing has changed. It's still September and the #Jets season, for all practical purposes, is over. Who cares what happens from here on out? Link:
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Devils Making Regular Season Cases During Exhibitions Two years ago, the Devils went a perfect 7-0 in the preseason.

Some #NJDevils nuggets as the countdown to the #NHL regular season opener hits 10 days. Link:
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Why Hot Yankees Regular Season Close Has Chance To Extend Into Playoffs Over a 162-game marathon of a season, any team could look back at a dozen or so defeats that should have been notched in the “W” column.

The #Yankees have a harder road to return to the World Series. Fortunately, their hot close to the season, despite the lesser competition, showed the path to get there. Link:
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Fins To Further Test Glenn’s Debatable Credentials As Defensive Wiz In his first season as Head Coach, Aaron Glenn has brought character to the Jets’ locker room.

One season isn't enough time to make any call on Glenn's HC aptitude, never mind a mere three games. But, with the #Jets facing a must-win game on Monday night, is it too much to ask if we can see him add some substance to his styling? Link:
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Nets Training Camp Primer: The First Steps To Nowhere Though Tuesday’s Media Day at Brooklyn’s HSS Practice Facility signified the beginning of another basketball season, the journey to the 2026 NBA Draft won’t end soon enough for a large segment of Nets...

Before the #Nets embark on Tank 2.0, here are 3 things to watch this preseason. Link:
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Bucs’ Familiar Faces Facilitate Familiar Jets’ Result If I was technologically savvy, I would have made the photo above an AI-generated Charlie Brown wearing a Jets helmet as Lucy pulls the football away at the last second instead of Tampa Bay kicker Cha...

After three straight losses to open his career as a HC, Glenn invoked the familiar #Jets cliche. Despite his denials, he's living it. Link:
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Devils Training Camp Primer When assessing the Devils’ prospects for the 2025-26 season, no one questions their ability.

Besides staying healthy, here are 3 things to watch during #NJDevils training camp. Link:
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Early Returns Show Skewed Effect Of Jets’ WR2 Miscalculation With about seven minutes remaining in the Jets’ season opener versus Pittsburgh, New York lined up for a crucial two-point conversion.

The #Jets WR2 blank slate was a problematic issue fans could pinpoint coming at them from a mile away. A look at its effect in new post at:
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Nets’ Recent Development Record Hasn’t Matched Reputation During Brooklyn’s first rebuild under the direction of its first-time General Manager Sean Marks from 2016-2019, the organization made its mark (no pun intended) through its highly successful developm...

Where once Brooklyn was renowned as a place where young and/or disregarded players could develop into valuable contributors, the recent record doesn't quite match the reputation. This season is an opportunity for the #Nets to reclaim that mantle. Link:
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It’s Time To Talk About Field Goals Tom Dempsey’s 63-yard field goal in 1970 was so otherworldly, it spawned NFL rules changes.

#NFL field goals are becoming the equivalent of #NBA free throws. No one goes to a game to see a parade of either. Link:
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I think the 23 are almost set. The line combos will be hashed out during the preseason. D pairs will be same as last year (with Nemec a fill-on for Kovacevic). Wish they traded Daws before losing him for nothing on waivers.

Jets’ Crash Back To Earth Shouldn’t Be Shocking So, you really thought the Jets corrected their culture with one entertaining performance in their season opener?

Those who thought that the #Jets entertaining opener was a sign that the team was ready to take flight were, at best, premature. Link:
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Glenn’s Accountability Watch Has An Encore In Plain Sight Aaron Glenn is garnering praise for backing up his accountability words with action.

It was fairly easy for Glenn to play the accountability card with Gipson when alternatives were on his radar. The #Jets may soon face a similar situation, except the solution isn’t so readily apparent. Link:
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The Devils Player To Watch At The Prospect Challenge The Difficulties Of A Hughes Brothers Unification In New Jersey

Some musings on one of the #NJDevils prospects taking the ice this weekend and the off-ice chatter surrounding the Hughes brothers. Link:
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Jets Waste Newfound Offensive Production With Familiar Gaffes The Jets played an entertaining season opener on Sunday.

The #Jets offensive production was quite the pleasant surprise, but let’s hold the applause until this team shows the ability and discipline to finish games. Link:
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Forget Rodgers, Jets’ Offense Faces Challenging Test In Season Opener As a 1989 Jets season ticketholder, I sat through as miserable a season as any fan of this tortured franchise can attest.

#Jets preview: Rodgers will be the lead story during Sunday's opener, but the Steelers D poses the bigger challenge. Link:
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The Nets had to give the QO to retain his restricted rights. They could have the offered a 1-year (or 1 plus a player option) at an amount over the midlevel exception.

Thomas Unnecessarily Lowballed Into Accepting Nets’ Qualifying Offer A market isn’t always fair, but it is incontrovertible.

Though Thomas technically got a new contract for “market value”, it’s hard to say that what the #Nets did was fair to him. Link:
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Fitzgerald’s Delay Puts Hughes/Devils On Brink Of Another RFA Distraction The Devils and restricted free agency go together like dirt and water.

This is getting old: For the 3rd time in 5 offseasons, the #NJDevils & GM Fitzgerald are facing a difficult RFA negotiation. Link:
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Say it! Say it!

Predictions For Another Turbulent Jets Season With the opening of the 2025 season upon us, we could use the distraction that pro football promises to deliver every week through the end of February.

The #NFL is back! For #Jets fans, the excitement is less palpable. Again. Some predictions in a new post at:
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Congrats, Sean!

Why Yankees Upcoming Tough Stretch Won’t Define Season Barring a crash of epic proportions, the Yankees will qualify for the 2025 postseason.

New post on some reasons to stay positive if the #Yankees scuffle over their difficult upcoming 12-game stretch. Link:
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Nets Would Prosper Without More Second-Round Picks As if banking on a flaky annual NBA Lottery drawing isn’t agonizing enough, the recent wave of second-round picks bandied about the league are themselves the equivalent of buying tickets to low odds s...

New post on the #Nets and hoarding. Link:
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